Numbers 14:11

Numbers 14:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the signs I have performed among them?
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the Lord said to Moses, "How long will this people despise me? And how long will they not believe in me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among them?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the Lord said to Moses: “How long will these people reject Me? And how long will they not believe Me, with all the signs which I have performed among them?

Context of Numbers 14:11

9Only do not rebel against the Lord, and do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their protection has turned aside from them, but the Lord is with us. Do not fear them!” 10However, the whole community threatened to stone them. But the glory of the Lord appeared to all the Israelites at the tent of meeting. The Lord said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me, and how long will they not believe in me, in spite of the signs that I have done among them? 12I will strike them with the pestilence, and I will disinherit them; I will make you into a nation that is greater and mightier than they!” 13Moses said to the Lord, “When the Egyptians hear it – for you brought up this people by your power from among them –

Numbers 14:11 word by word

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה עַד־אָ֥נָה יְנַאֲצֻ֖נִי הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֑ה וְעַד־אָ֙נָה֙ לֹא־יַאֲמִ֣ינוּ בִ֔י בְּכֹל֙ הָֽאֹת֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִׂ֖יתִי בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• How long will this peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• provokeנָאַץnâ'ats · to spurnH5006
• me? and how long will it be ereלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• they believeאָמַן'âman · be faithfulH539
• me, for all the signsאוֹת'ôth · sign: miraculousH226
• which I have shewedעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• amongקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130

Cross-references for Numbers 14:11

• Numbers 14:27“How long must I bear with this evil congregation that murmurs against me? I have heard the complaints of the Israelites that they murmured against me.
• Exodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh and told him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: ‘How long do you refuse to humble yourself before me? Release my people so that they may serve me!
• Exodus 16:28So the Lord said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to obey my commandments and my instructions?
• Proverbs 1:22“How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
• Jeremiah 4:14“Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?
• Hosea 8:5O Samaria, he has rejected your calf idol! My anger burns against them! They will not survive much longer without being punished, even though they are Israelites!
• Zechariah 8:14“For the Lord who rules over all says, ‘As I had planned to hurt you when your fathers made me angry,’ says the Lord who rules over all, ‘and I was not sorry,
• Matthew 17:17Jesus answered, “You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him here to me.”
• Numbers 14:23they will by no means see the land that I swore to their fathers, nor will any of them who despised me see it.
• Deuteronomy 9:7Remember – don’t ever forget – how you provoked the Lord your God in the desert; from the time you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place you were constantly rebelling against him.
• Psalms 95:8He says, “Do not be stubborn like they were at Meribah, like they were that day at Massah in the wilderness,
• Hebrews 3:8“Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness.
• Deuteronomy 1:32However, through all this you did not have confidence in the Lord your God,
• Psalms 78:22because they did not have faith in God, and did not trust his ability to deliver them.
• Psalms 106:24They rejected the fruitful land; they did not believe his promise.
• Mark 9:19He answered them, “You unbelieving generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him to me.”

Commentaries on Numbers 14:11

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-19Verses 11-19 Moses made humble intercession for Israel. Herein he was a type of Christ, who prayed for those that despitefully used him. The pardon of a nation's sin, is the turning away the nation's punishment; and for that Moses is here so earnest. Moses argued that, consistently with God's character, in his abundant mercies, he could forgive them.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11God seemed amazed that Israel still did not trust him. This was despite his miraculous rescue from slavery and provision for their needs in the wilderness (see Deuteronomy 4:32–40; Matthew 11:21; Luke 10:13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-451. all the congregation lifted up their voice and cried--Not literally all, for there were some exceptions.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 14:11

• Anger
• Caleb
• Courage
• Disobedience to God
• Intercession
• Miracles
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Commentaries on Numbers 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings